Improved lock for wagon-seats



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Letters P 'e'nt 1V0. 100,150,

dated February 22, 1870.

IMPROVED LOCK FOR WG-ON-SEATS.

The Schedule referred to in these I etters Patent and making part of the seine.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDGAR HITT, of Poundridge, in the county of Westchester, and State of New York, have invent-ed a new and improved Lock for Wagon-Seats; and I do hereby declare the following to he a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification, in

I Figure 1 represents a sectional plan of this invention.

Figure 2 is an elevation of the interior of my seatlock when the connection with the seat is made.

Figure 3 is a similar view of the look when the seat is disconnected.

Figure 4 is a detached plan of the arm which forms the connection between the seat and the lock.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

This invention consists in a nut which revolvesin a socket in the lock-plate, and'which is provided-with a rebatcd slot to receive a nose projecting from the arm, I to which theseat of awagon or other vehicle is tobe attached in such a manner that when the seat is turned down, the arms supporting the same are securely locked and retained in their position, but by tanning the seat up to a vertical position the nuts of the locks are also turned and brought in such a posi- --tion that the arms, together with the seat, can be conveniently withdrawn, and thereby a seat-lock is obtained which is simple and durable in its construction and which allows of securing the seat in position or of detaching the same from the box of the wagon almost instantaneously. I

In the drawing? The letter A represents a case which encloses the working parts of my seat-lock. Y

This caseiinay be cast of metal or made of any desired material, audit is provided with a socket, a, that forms the guide toi':;.the nut b, said socket being provided with "an internal flange, c, to bear against a its inner end with a rebate, e, to receive and retain a nose, f,which projects from the arm B to which the seat is to be attached, said nose being so formed that its outer end catches into therebate, while its inner end is flush with the circumference of the nut b, and

that when the nose is inserted into the nut and the arm B turned down to the position shown in fig. 1,

the inner edgeof the nose bears against the inner circumierence of the flange c in the socket, and thereby said arm is securely retained.

The nut 11 is introduced into the socket a from the inside, and retained by the back'plate g of the case A, andif it is desired tov lock the arm B, the nut is turned so as to bring its slot (1 in an upright position, (see fig. 3,) when the nose of the arm B can be readily introduced, and by turning the arm down to the position shown in fig. 1, it is locked as previously described. The seat is fastened to two arms, B, one on each side of the wagon-box, and these arms are locked by two looks, A, which are let into the side piecesot the wagon-box, one on each side, as indicated in fig. 1.

If it is desired to remove the seat it can bereadily detached by turning it up to such a position that the noses of the arms B can be withdrawn from the slots in the nuts.

What I claim as new, and desire to secureby Let-- ters Patent, is-

The not b, fitted into a socket in the case A and provided with a slot to receive the nose f of the arm, B, to which the seat of a wagon or other vehicle is to be fastened, so as to operate in combination with said arm, substantially in the manner herein shown and described. EDGAR .Witnessesz' 1A, K. COMSTOCK, JAMES K. WEED. 

